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The Dreaded COFFEE Shakes!

04-07-2014, 08:02 AM

Hey there Gang:
Does anyone have a simple solution to the coffee shakes besides not drinking the crap?? I never use to drink it in my early days, but now I'm nearing a *hair from being 60 years old, I find a slug of it in the morning satifies this old fart.
I work at an Aviation Repair Facility and do all the TIG welding for them besides all the aviation leather Interior Upholstery.
These Photos are Welded assemblies of our Cloud Seeding booms and racks that we have exclusive STCs on all KingAir aircraft. Of course all my welds are subject to NDT, xray, ultrasound, or dye penetrant inspections.
I do take a small amount of pride in some of my welds and they all do get covered up with power coating.
With Coffee shakes, they get a little unstable. I never did try decafe...Does that help at all?
Any suggestions to my coffee fix?
Thanks for reading my boring dilema.
NDAV8R

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Not to be a downer but you may have a problem other than "coffee shakes"

First, stop coffee for a while and see if it goes away. If it does, great. Cut down on the caffeine (maybe half caf/half decaf) or spread it out over time or don't weld for a while after the morning pick-me-up. You might also be getting caffeine in other ways. Do you drink other caffeinated things like sodas or energy drinks? Eat chocolate? Maybe also you're getting a sugar buzz?

If it does not go away, see a dr.

Frank

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Not to be a downer but you may have a problem other than "coffee shakes"

First, stop coffee for a while and see if it goes away. If it does, great. Cut down on the caffeine (maybe half caf/half decaf) or spread it out over time or don't weld for a while after the morning pick-me-up. You might also be getting caffeine in other ways. Do you drink other caffeinated things like sodas or energy drinks? Eat chocolate? Maybe also you're getting a sugar buzz?

If it does not go away, see a dr.

Frank

I do great when I leave the coffee alone. Since I went through tonsil cancer a few years ago, I received 7 weeks of daily radiation treatments. In doing so they fried all my nerves in my mouth and now until I pushing up roses, I cannot have any with carbonation, cause it stings like h*ll. Can't have beer, booze, champagne, POP, as well as some catsups, steak sauce, etc. I can drink, water, tea, milk, dreaded coffee, maybe a noncarbonated sports drink(never energy drinks).
The coffee thing is just a little morning habit, but it shows if I have more than I say about 3 cups. I have talked to other tig guys, and they like to stay away from welding until after noon. Sometimes I can't predict when I have to pick up the tig torch.
The dreaded coffee shakes only lasts a couple of hours, so if I try to avoid the pair (welding and coffee). I was just wondering if any one had a solution.
I'll just keep plugging away with it.
NDAV8R

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I do great when I leave the coffee alone. Since I went through tonsil cancer a few years ago, I received 7 weeks of daily radiation treatments. In doing so they fried all my nerves in my mouth and now until I pushing up roses.
I cannot have any with carbonation, cause it stings like h*ll. Can't have beer, booze, champagne, POP, as well as some catsups, steak sauce, etc. I can drink, water, tea, milk, dreaded coffee, maybe a noncarbonated sports drink(never energy drinks).
The coffee thing is just a little morning habit, but it shows if I have more than I say about 3 cups. I have talked to other tig guys, and they like to stay away from welding until after noon. Sometimes I can't predict when I have to pick up the tig torch.
The dreaded coffee shakes only lasts a couple of hours, so if I try to avoid the pair (welding and coffee). I was just wondering if any one had a solution.
I'll just keep plugging away with it.
NDAV8R

Similar to cgotto6's advice, the only other advice I've got is to eat a decent sized breakfast with your morning coffee. I find that if I just drink a lot of coffee in the morning, I'm edgy and 'not right' for several hours. If I eat a decent breakfast (2-3 pieces of toast is adequate for me, your mileage may vary...) then it doesn't happen. I can drink coffee all day without any real down side. My guess is that, just like alcohol, having a full stomach slows down (or at least seems to slow down) the uptake of the caffeine.

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Jeeezz! If coffee shakes can make me weld like that, then I gotta get me some of what you're using!! Beautiful stuff!

I'm a "used to be" private pilot who can't afford to fly at today's prices.

Boy I hear you Dobermann, now aviation gas is over $7 per gallon, it's really tough to keep a bird in the sky. I am currently getting back into it for a 5 year battle of cancer. Back in the 70's when I learned how to fly, North Dakota had 4500 registered pilots, now the state is lucky to have 1500. With all the Govt. regs and costs it is really tough. Thanks for the comments.

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coffe don't make me shake but the two neck fussions with severe nerve damage get me hands shakin pretty bad.what I do to get it to stop is swing my arms sorta like a lady throws a soft ball then I shake my hands like im trying to get a whasp off and that most times will get it to stop. sometimes nothing works so I just find something else to do til it stops then I continue with the welding or cutting.

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It sounds as if you have what is called essential tremor. Essential tremor is exacerbated by caffeine and lessened by alcohol. Since you are at work the alcohol is not an option. The beta-blocker Inderal (propranolol) has been used to treat essential tremor for more than 40 years. So the best thing to do is a quick visit do your doctor and ask him to prescribe some Inderal. Oh by the way, stress will also increase your tremor. Let me know if you need more information.
Nick

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my wife has essential tremors and was prescribed enderol it worked so so .she went back to the dr and they put her on klonopin and that worked the best. but the best thing that worked was weed. now that it's being legalized by just about every state I feel a lot of people will turn to it instead of taking pills for pain and shakes.my wifes hands shake so bad sometimes she can't even sign her name. if you live in a state where weed is legal for medical use you might wanna look into it. and no im not some weed head trying to get people to smoke weed .I deal with severe back and neck pain resulting from an on the job injury. I take way to many pain meds just to have a somewhat regular day.i also tried smoking some when I didn't have the money to fill my meds and it worked pretty good not 100 percent pain free but it got rid of most of the painmy pain meds cost me around 500 bucks a month not to mention all the damage they are doing to my liver and other organs.